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womon

womon noun: feminist spelling of woman.

Noun

womon

  1. (nonstandard) Feminist spelling of woman
    • Womon seeks womon to share 2 bdrm apt in JP.1980 April 19, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14
    • I don't think she was saying that you become responsible for the racism directed at you once you identify as a black womon, only that one could not assume that any given netizen was or was not a member of a minority without self-identification.1996 December 6, Suki L. McDonough, “What's Up?”, in soc.women.lesbian-and-bi (Usenet)

Forms of womon

alternative formwomyn

Origin of womon

From woman; respelled so as not to contain the word man.

Words formed from womon

Questions about womon

What does womon mean?
Womon means feminist spelling of woman.
What part of speech is womon?
Womon is a noun.

Words near womon in the dictionary

  1. wommera
  2. wommeras
  3. wommin
  4. wommon
  5. wommonhood
  6. womon
  7. womonhood
  8. womonkind
  9. womonly
  10. womonness
  11. womp

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